Tree to mostly 10 m tall. Bark rough and grey at the base, smooth above. Juvenile leaves lanceolate. Adult leaves lanceolate, occasionally sickle-shaped; blade 9-12 cm long,1.5-2 cm wide, grey-green, dull. Leaf stalk 1.5-2 cm long, cylindrical. Flowers pink or white, in 7s, common stalk cylindrical, curved, mostly 1.5-3 cm long, individual flower stalks mostly 1.5-2 cm long; Oct-Jan. Fruits lined,12-15 mm long, with swollen corrugated base, 8-12 mm wide.

Grows naturally on shallow soil in rocky areas in open forest and woodland around the Coolgardie district.

WA.

Rough bark; beaked flower cap; swollen corrugated base of flowers and fruits; stamens red or pink.

Source: Spencer, R.; Rule, K. (2002). Eucalyptus. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.